Teacher of Art
The Sir Robert Woodard Academy, Sompting, West Sussex, BN15 9QZ21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 December 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £31650pa to £49084pa
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:-
• demonstrate the skills of a good teacher
• be able to interest, encourage and engage students
• provide appropriate levels of challenge so that all students make good progress
• use methods and resources that enable all students to learn effectively
• use assessment information effectively to plan the next steps in students learning
• make effective use of their time
• secure consistently high standards of behaviour from students
• be able to demonstrate a proven track record of recent and successful class teaching in mixed ability classes of aged 11-18 students (or of successful completion of initial teacher training if applying as an ECT).
What the school offers its staff
At SRWA, our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with wellbeing support, coaching, mentoring and a wide range of top-quality training and CPD programmes delivered at every level up to senior leadership.
SRWA teaching staff benefit from the following:-
• a collaborative approach and strong collegial relationships;
- the opportunity to join and/or benefit from Action Research Groups;
- proven student progress and excellent student behaviour;
- an established STEM group including work with RICARDO Engineering, a world leading company supporting SRWA
- an extensive CPD programme tailored to skills and experience;
- strong links with Brighton and Sussex Universities;
- free employee assistance programme, dedicated staff wellbeing space and 1-1 mental health booster sessions available;
- free use of the Academy’s fitness suite;
- free on site car parking and easy access to local public transport;
- cycle to work scheme;
- free flu jabs.
Further details about the role
We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic and creative Art Teacher, with excellent subject knowledge, to join our vibrant and successful Art department, on a permanent and full time basis from September 2025. QTS is essential. The ability to teach photography and / or textiles at Key Stage 4 and 5 would be desirable.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an excellent team, who are passionate about achieving student success and expanding the department to raise the profile of the subject - both within the school and in the wider community. Uptake at GCSE is regularly above national average and our 2024 cohort celebrated an 81% pass rate of 4 and above in GCSE Fine Art, with this year’s group predicted to achieve 92%. We also offer both Fine art and Photography A-Level at KS5.
The Academy is purpose built with outstanding facilities, including a dark room and kiln. Our students benefit from an exciting extra-curricular programme as well as the Academy being a registered provider of the Arts Award offering Bronze and Silver to our KS3 students. The department enjoys close relationships with local art communities by running exciting and varied art workshops. We also run a KS5 Art, 3D Design and Photography trip to London’s South Bank.
Commitment to safeguarding
Woodard Academies Trust and The Sir Robert Woodard Academy are wholly committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All offers of employment will be conditional upon satisfactory safeguarding and vetting checks, carried out in line with the DfE’s Keeping Children Safe in Education regulations. These include an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (including Barred List), references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
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About The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1376 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- personnel@srwa.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01903 767434
The Sir Robert Woodard Academy, an Ofsted ‘good’ rated academy and part of the Woodard family of schools, is a dynamic and popular 11–18 academy located between Worthing and Brighton, serving the students of Lancing, Sompting and Shoreham.
Our aim is that every student is known and nurtured and is provided with teaching and learning experiences enabling them to fulfil their potential. We believe that students succeed when the environment is caring and orderly, with teaching that fires the imagination and brings learning to life.
Arranging a visit to The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@srwa.co.uk.
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